Awards

Endorsements

Everything you guys create is really great, but honestly Cinematic Keys is something special. There are so many cool sounds in this lib, and the best prepared piano that I've ever heard.

Christopher Lennertz
Supernatural, Identity Thief, Revolution

Cinematic Keys succeeds tremendously and will qucikla become a got o lib for me. I just finished two very keyboard heavy movies and this easily would have been a staple for both. The Step Animator is awesome and manages to be highly intuitive

Cinematic Keys is absolutely killer. The sounds in this library are truly unique and pack a punch

David Newman
Ice Age, Tommy Boy, Serenity, Tarzan

Fantastic Library - just started playing with it and came up with tons of great iedeas - it is SO evocative and beautifully recorded and laid out.

Klaypex
Electronic Music Duo

Holy Shit! Sample Logic has yet again hit it out of the park with cinematic Keys. From the quality of the samples, to the sheer amount of fine tuning and tweaking that you can do compared to anything else out there. Cinematic Keys adds an extremely versatile and inspiring tool to our arsenal!

The Keys to Cinematic Creativity

Sample Logic has gone above and beyond the standard performance and recording techniques to create the instruments included in CINEMATIC KEYS. The library consists of not only Grand and upright pianos, harpsichords, Wurlitzer electric pianos, and toy pianos as standard multi-sampled instruments, but also breaks barriers with strummed, plucked, picked, and e-bow techniques, just to name a few. In fact there are many extended techniques recorded on a multitude of instruments. In addition, Sample Logic found ways to manipulate the sound of each of the included instruments to create something truly unique. Using this organic material, they were able to craft the finest dynamic and original acoustic and effectual cinematic sounds possible.

Destroyed to Innovate

The bread and butter of CINEMATIC KEYS is in the inclusion of a massive collection of samples derived from the destruction of an upright and toy pianos all recorded in a huge multi-car garage, the result of which was amazing organic acoustics treatments. These piano instruments were dismantled and destroyed using an assortment of wrecking tools from a sledgehammer, scythe, machete, to a blowtorch, and way beyond, creating a truly “out of the box” innovative sound. Putting all of this together results in the transformation of these inspiring sounds into evocative, cinematic instruments ready for all styles of sound production.

The Interface: Ultimate control on a per-step basis!

CINEMATIC KEYS represents a major enhancement to Sample Logic’s award-winning Kontakt user interface. Easily control eight real-time audio effects, displayed in a beautiful tiled interface right from the home screen of every CINEMATIC KEYS instrument. The interface also includes a bypass ArpeggiGator, Triggers with 64 preset effects, and a LFO section to make things wobble! This is all topped off with the powerful Step Animator engine, first introduced in ARPOLOGY. The Step Animator allows for modern-day sequencing and arpeggiating of sounds over time on a per step basis.

The All-New FX Animator

Building on the breakthrough Step Animator, Sample Logic has now included an all new FX Animator for all audio effects, allowing them to be modulated and sequenced in real-time, creating infinite new possibilities for creative effecting of sounds. The FX Animator also contains up to 150 unique presets. All effect modulation can be made on a per-step basis, and steps can each have different durations, or be synchronized with the Step Animator, bringing even more awesome power to the Animator system.

Instruments & Multis

In the design of CINEMATIC KEYS, Sample Logic felt that it was important to include keyboard-based sample material spanning the full range of musical and sound design applications. Sample material was created by expanding on traditional recording and performance techniques with sonic experimentation, leading to the creation of a wide array of morphed sounds.

Testberichte

Pro Tools Expert, 09/2014

The Audio Spotlight, 09/2014

Excerpt:

I think Cinematic Keys has a lot to offer. It won’t necessarily replace other things I already use (I wish it could! I love that piano tone) but it’s definitely a very strong addition to my tools and I can see myself using it a lot in the future. You can see the amount of love that went into this library, from the wonderful GUI to the sounds it produces.

Do you want something versatile that covers many possible needs in one go? If so, look no further, Cinematic Keys will do a lot of things you thought it could do and probably a lot of things you thought it could never do, too.

Film and Game Composer 09/2014

Excerpt

A very interesting piece of software that will have immediate impact for any Dramatic, cinematic and Epic composers. A different take on the whole piano sample library, and definitely worth adding to your collection even if for just the Arpeggiated folder!

Sounds and Gear, 09/2014

bottom line

I give Cinematic Keys 5 out of 5 subs without a doubt! It sounds amazing, the interface looks amazing, and the control you have over quickly tweaking your sound gives this instrument endless potential.